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[quote=Anonymous]The level of obsession in this thread is telling.  Any objective person coming into the county and looking at Thoreau would be impressed.  But, because people have a choice, and many of those think TJ is an option, they look at TMS with suspicion.  Asking how many tests and quizzes?  How many books?  How many writing assignments?  Unclench!  Let your children do their schoolwork without making charts and powerpoints of their assignments for show!

Even two kids in AAP at TMS (and probably at LJ) will have different reports in their number of assignments/books/quizzes/etc.  I just chatted with another mom a few days ago.  We both have AAP kids at TMS...guess what...they had different requirements during the first quarter!   They have different English teachers.  Maybe they choose the sequence of reading certain books or doing certain assignments.

Your child is not a baby anymore.  You don't need to chart their every poop and nap.  Kids at both schools learn what they need to learn.  And then they go to HS and learn what they need to learn there.

Go to each school.  Make your choice.  Frankly, we don't need anymore kids at TMS.  So, go to LJ, whatever floats your boat.  LJ will put on more of a show to dazzle you.  They need more smart kids.  TMS will be more laid back and tell you that LJ is a good school too.  They aren't trying to sell TMS.  If you sleep better at night knowing your child is at LJ with the "center," then do that.   But drop the insanity that TMS isn't a good middle school.  Madison HS's reputation for the past X decades has been built by the kids who went to TMS.  In the past,  roughly 50 kids per grade went to LJ.  Assuming none went to TJ, that leaves 400+ kids in each Madison grade who went to Thoreau (and a few from Kilmer).  Of course not all 400+ are geniuses, but TMS kids have alwsys been the backbone of Madison...and that's how it got it's excellent reputation.  If you need more than that....please, just go to LJ and be happy.  [/quote]

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